{"id":5105,"date":"2025-10-10T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/?page_id=5105"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:18:47","slug":"2025-finalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/2025-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>2025 Finalists<\/h1>\n<p>Here are the Finalists in the UK Bus Awards 2025. Congratulations to all the companies, organisations and individuals on the list. The winners will be announced at the presentation ceremony in London on Tuesday 25th November. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/presentation-ceremony\/\">Click here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>All finalists can use the 2025 Finalist logo, which can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/download-finalist-logos\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Bus and the Community sponsored by Heathrow<\/h4>\n<p>Ask for Angel Street (Stagecoach East Midlands)<br \/>Bangor Clerical Team (Translink)<br \/>First Bus North &amp; West Yorkshire<br \/>Liverpool Zoe\u2019s Place (Arriva Merseyside)<br \/>Shelter Scotland (Lothian)<br \/>Somerset Passenger Solutions<br \/>Storybus (Konectbus)<\/p>\n<h4>Culture Change sponsored by Intuitive Talent Solutions<\/h4>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness (First Bus East of England)<br \/>Changing Gears (Translink)<br \/>Double Decker Diaries (Stagecoach East)<br \/>Fastrack (Go-Ahead)<br \/>Period Positivity campaign (Women in Bus and Coach)<br \/>Route 38 Rewired (Arriva Derby)<br \/>Transforming the Duty Office (Grant Palmer)<br \/>Youth Engagement Programme (West Yorkshire Bus Alliance)<\/p>\n<h4>Engineer of the Year<\/h4>\n<p>Martin Haldane (Lothian)<br \/>Graham Livesey (National Express West Midlands)<br \/>Scot Nicholetti (Whippet)<br \/>Steve Pither (Stagecoach South Wales)<br \/>Tony Spencer (First Bus North &amp; West Yorkshire)<br \/>Andy Wilson (Go North West)<br \/>Andrew Warrender (Stagecoach Manchester)<\/p>\n<h4>Environmental Innovation sponsored by CitySwift<\/h4>\n<p>Closed-loop de-inking system (Global)<br \/>First Charge (First Bus)<br \/>Greener from the ground up (Translink)<br \/>Right Bus, Right Route (Grant Palmer)<br \/>VEV-IQ (Stagecoach Yorkshire)<\/p>\n<h4>London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London<\/h4>\n<p>Croydon (Go-Ahead London)<br \/>Kangley Bridge (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Sutton (Go-Ahead London)<br \/>Tolworth (First Bus London)<br \/>Westbourne Park (First Bus London)<\/p>\n<h4>Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by The Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust and TfL<\/h4>\n<p>Katarzyna Boczkaja (First Bus London)<br \/>Vincent Marcelo (First Bus London)<br \/>Amal Marzouk (Transport UK London Bus)<br \/>Musediku Mohammed (Metroline)<br \/>Catherine Mulumba (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Shaniya Pinnock-Johnson (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Emma Samuels (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Jay Songhurst (First Bus London)<\/p>\n<h4>Manager of the Year<\/h4>\n<p>Toby France (Arriva Midlands)<br \/>Jonathon Hunt (First Bus East of England)<br \/>Aleksandra Husejko (Grant Palmer)<br \/>Chris Kelk (Stagecoach East Midlands)<br \/>Gurpreet Sidhu (Metroline)<br \/>Sam Teggart (Transport UK London Bus)<br \/>Andrew Wilson (Translink)<br \/>Jack Wright (Stagecoach East Midlands)<\/p>\n<h4>Marketing for Growth<\/h4>\n<p>100 tickets for 100 years on the 100 service (Edwards Coaches)<br \/>Flightline (Heathrow)<br \/>LibertyBus<br \/>MK Loop (Milton Keynes Council &amp; partners)<br \/>Rejuvenating inter-urban routes (Reading Buses)<br \/>Route 1X (Brighton &amp; Hove Buses)<br \/>yLink and Youth-Led Engagement (Translink)<\/p>\n<h4>Partnership for Excellence: The Peter Huntley Memorial Award<\/h4>\n<p>Hull Bus Alliance<br \/>Devon Bus Enhanced Partnership<br \/>Portsmouth Buses Partnership<br \/>Student Travel Pass (Stagecoach East Midlands, trentbarton, Notts County Council and West Notts College)<br \/>Vision Awareness Training for Bus Drivers (Thomas Pocklington Trust &amp; partners)<br \/>West Northamptonshire Enhanced Partnership<br \/>WheelsOnBoard (Moonbility and National Express West Midlands)<\/p>\n<h4>Recruitment and Retention sponsored by Camilleri Appointments<\/h4>\n<p>Level Up (Brighton &amp; Hove Buses)<br \/>McGill&#8217;s Bus Group<br \/>More Women Like Us (Go South Coast)<br \/>Stagecoach South<br \/>Stagecoach West<br \/>Transdev Blazefield<\/p>\n<h4>ROSCO Award for Contribution to Safer Driving<\/h4>\n<p>Busway Lion Scheme (Grant Palmer)<br \/>Wayne Gibbins (Arriva London)<br \/>Perry Avery (First Bus London)<br \/>Specialist Passenger Solutions<\/p>\n<h4>Top City Operator sponsored by Init<\/h4>\n<p>Arriva Leicester<br \/>Brighton &amp; Hove Buses<br \/>First Bus North &amp; West Yorkshire<br \/>Lothian<\/p>\n<h4>Top Contracted Operator<\/h4>\n<p>Diamond Bus North West<br \/>Go North West<br \/>LibertyBus<br \/>Stagecoach Manchester<\/p>\n<h4>Top National Bus Depot<\/h4>\n<p>Aldershot (Stagecoach South)<br \/>Bolton (Go North West)<br \/>Coleraine Ulsterbus Depot (Translink)<br \/>Dover (Stagecoach South East)<br \/>Poole (Morebus)<br \/>Rawmarsh (Stagecoach Yorkshire)<br \/>Witney (Stagecoach West)<\/p>\n<h4>Top National Bus Driver: The Chris Moyes Memorial Award sponsored by BUSES magazine<\/h4>\n<p>Andrew Bagshaw (Stagecoach Yorkshire)<br \/>Iain Bonser (Stagecoach East Midlands)<br \/>Alma Cox (Reading Buses)<br \/>James Davidson (trentbarton)<br \/>Leon Davies (Dews Coaches)<br \/>Mike Foran (Stagecoach West)<br \/>Zohra Rani (Nottingham City Transport)<\/p>\n<h4>Top Shire Operator sponsored by Ticketer<\/h4>\n<p>Arriva Midlands<br \/>East Yorkshire Buses<br \/>First Bus York<br \/>Metrobus<br \/>Reading Buses<br \/>Stagecoach South Wales<br \/>Uno<\/p>\n<h4>Top SME Operator<\/h4>\n<p>Blackpool Transport<br \/>Grant Palmer<br \/>Huyton Travel<br \/>Sanders Coaches<br \/>Warrington\u2019s Own Buses<\/p>\n<h4>UK Bus Operator of the Year sponsored by C9 Recruitment<\/h4>\n<p>The finalists in this category will be the winners of the Top City, Contracted and SME Operator categories, which will be announced on 25th November.<\/p>\n<h4>Unsung Hero sponsored by Backhouse Jones<\/h4>\n<p>John Cowell (First Bus London)<br \/>Will Dawson (Thames Valley Buses)<br \/>Tracey-Anne Hancox (Stagecoach East)<br \/>Bronagh McDonnell (Translink)<br \/>Daniel Sanderson (Nottingham City Transport)<br \/>Kevin Wallace (Translink)<\/p>\n<h4>Young Manager of the Year sponsored by Young Bus Professionals<\/h4>\n<p>Onyemaechi Akutu (First Bus London)<br \/>Stevie Collins (Go North West)<br \/>Isobel Hedley-Jones (Fastrack)<br \/>Khadija Janjua (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Ana Stepic (Arriva Midlands)<br \/>Henry Young (Stagecoach South Wales)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ukba-after-content ukba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"ukba-3962734482\"><div class=\"ukba-adlabel\">Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters, including<\/div><div id=\"ukba-slider-40\" class=\"custom-slider ukba-slider-3202716908 ukba-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"ukba-3124187415\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.best-impressions.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"best_impressions-blu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-1280x377.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-980x289.png 980w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-480x141.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"ukba-2164838829\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passengertransport.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PassTransLogo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PassTransLogo-e1598956173939.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"250\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $ukbaslider3202716908 = jQuery( \".ukba-slider-3202716908\" );$ukbaslider3202716908.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); 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